Spencer's Food Adventures

Tag: restaurants

  • Mahi Taco

    Mahi Taco is one of my favorite food carts located in the Piedmont Station Food Carts on NE Killingsworth St. Open going on ten years now, Jeff at Mahi serves up Baja style tacos and Hawaiian food. The common theme being the beach. These are some of the best Baja style fish tacos I’ve had,…

  • Red Sauce Pizza

    Red Sauce Pizza is a beloved Pizza restaurant on NE Fremont that has been open for over a decade now. Not too long ago they started selling their famous “Big Hank’s Hoagies” as a lunch special. Now they have added some other lunch specials like a $9 1-topping small pizza or a 1-topping Tavern pie.…

  • Ate-Oh-Ate

    Portland has seen a number of excellent Hawaiian restaurants and food carts open in the last few years. Some of my favorites are Kau Kau (which I have a post about) and GrindwitTryz are serving up some of the best food in town. One constant however has been Ate-Oh-Ate (named after the Hawaiian area code…

  • Tacos Fita

    Tacos Fita, one of the best food carts in Portland, just opened up a new restaurant in Beaverton. Tacos Fita serves up some of the best Mexican food. Tacos, burritos, bowls, all centered around their delicious and perfectly seasoned and grilled meats. All the standard meats you would expect, plus bonus specialties like Ribeye, Shrimp…

  • Lardo Chefwich

    Lardo, the venerable and iconic Portland sandwich restaurant helmed by Rick Gencarelli has a monthly special, the “chefwich” where he invites a local chef to craft a special sandwich that sells for the month and part of the proceeds go to a charity of the chef’s choosing. I’m not sure when exactly this started, but…

  • The Meddling Lime

    Some of my favorite Mexican inspired food of recent memory has been from the food cart The Meddling Lime located at 6200 SE Milwaukie Ave in Portland, OR. Tacos, burritos, pozole, breakfast burritos/tacos, but also fare like bowls and crispy rice dishes. They have a really deep menu that is executed flawlessly and is built…

  • Taco Roundup

    Tacos are some of my favorite food, and we have some killer tacos here in Portland! I decided to do a roundup of my favorite tacos the last few years now that we are transitioning out of taco season and into soup season here in the PNW. Each photo will be accompanied by a short…

  • Portland Pizza Roundup

    It’s not news that Portland is a serious Pizza city, a pizza destination, even by some ratings the best pizza city in all of America! Whatever the national hype is, Portlanders know how good the pizza is, and the chefs in town know to come with their A game. This post is by no means…

  • Kau Kau

    Kau Kau is a new Hawaiian restaurant that opened up two months ago on Alberta. Married chefs Tracee and Brandon are bringing their own twist and flair to Hawaiian food and the plate lunch. Meticulous care is being brought not only to each dish but also to the sides, condiments and even the rice! I…

  • Walter French’s

    As the Portland food scene continues to grow, both as a food tourism destination and as a local scene, one exciting trend has been the proliferation of excellent new sandwich spots, whether restaurants or food carts. New spots like Dimo’s, Piccone’s, Sandy-O’s, Lottie and Zula’s have joined along with venerable establishments like Lardo and Devil’s…